Seat.



No. 634,352. Patented Oct. 3,1899.

J. JAMES.

SEAT.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1899.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JOHN JAMES, OF POLO, ILLINOIS.

SEAT...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 634,352, dated October3, 1899.

Application filed February 24, 1899. Serial No. 706,672. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN JAMES, of Polo, in the county of Ogle and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Seat, of

which the following is a full, clear, and ex-- act description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a seat adapted especiallyfor use by locomotive-firemen, which seat may be removably applied tothe locomotive-tender for use by the fireman when the fireman isinactive, the seat being capable of folding into compact form when notin use.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the seat proper removed,and Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the device in folded position.

The seat has a hanging support comprising a stationary section 5, with ahook 6 at its top and with a guide 7 at its bottom. The hook G carries athnmb-screwS for securing the section 5 rigidly on the tender, the hookserving to engage a part of the tender. Sliding in the guide 7 is theadjustable supportingsection 9 of the seat-support, which 'is movable onthe stationary section to adjust the height of the seat proper. Thissection 9 carries a screw 10 at its upper end, which is capable ofentering any one ofthe threaded openings 11 in the section 5, bywhichmeans the position of the section 9 relative to the section 5 isregulated, The lower end of the section 9 is turned horizontally andforwardly and has a bar 12 hingedly connected therewith by means ofaU-shaped clip 14, having a bolt 15 fitted to turn in a bearing 16,formed at the front extremity of the lower end of the section 9. The bar12 is engaged by the clip 14 at a point intermediate of the bar, so thatwhen the bar ,is moved to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, therear end of the bar will engage with the forwardlybent end of thesection 9 to hold the bar in horizontal position. The forward end of thebar 12 is forked or spread to carry. the seat proper, 17, which has ahinged back 18, mounted to swing on a pivot at right angles to the bolt15.

When the seat is thrown out into operative position, the parts assumethe positions shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the hook 6 may be engaged,say, with one-side of the tender, so that the fireman will be seatedfacing ahead. When the seat is not to be used, the back 18 may be throwndown over the seat and the seat and back, together with the bar 12,raised to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the seatproper and the back will lie over the bent lower end of the section 9,thus reducing the device to the smallest possible space.

Having thus described, my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A seat, having a hanging support comprising astationary section with a hook at its top and a guide at its bottom, andalso comprising an adjustable supporting-section, the lower end of whichis bent horizontally and provided with a bearing, a-bar having a U-shaped clip secured thereto, the ends of the clip projecting upwardly atthe ends of the bearing, a bolt carried in the ends of the clip and inthe bearing, whereby the bar is mounted to swing on the bearing, theinner end of the bar extending beneath the horizontally projectedportion of the sliding section, whereby to hold the bar in horizontalposition, and a seat proper carried by the bar.

2. A seat having a support provided with a hearing at its lower end, abar having a U-' shaped clip secured thereto, the ends of the clipprojecting upwardly at the respective ends of the bearing, a boltcarried in the bearing and engaging the ends of the clip to hold thesame, whereby the bar is mounted to swing on the bearing, the inner endof the bar extending beneath the lower portion of the support to engagethe same and hold the bar in horizontal position, and a seat propercarried by the bar.

JOHN J AMES.

